Hat-fastener.



l. 1. SMITH.

HAT FASTENER. y APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2e, 1917.

l ,246,341 v Paented Nov. 13, i917,

JAMES J'. SMITH, OF ESTANCIA, NEW MEXICO.

' 'HAT-FASTENER.

Application led February 26, 1917.

To all 'l0/0m t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES J. SMITH a citizen of the United States, residing at Estancia, in the count-y of rlorrance and State of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Hat-Fastener, of which the following is a speciiication.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a hat fastener of the kind shown in my Patent No. 7 99,097, granted on the 12th day of September, 1905.

rIhe device shown in this present application and in my prior patent embodies a curved carrier adapted to lie between the lining of a hat and the crown thereof. A comb slides longitudinally on the carrier. The comb is adapted to be retracted, tilted inwardly, thrust through the lining of the hat, and engaged with the hair.

rIhe following improvements are proposed in the structure shown in my Patent No. 799,097.

First, it is proposed to curve the carrier and the comb upon a relatively short radius, and upon the arc of a true circle, so that the comb, when advanced, will pass readily beneath the hair, in close relation to the pate.

Secondly, it is proposed to dispense with the continuous ring of my prior patent, whereon the carrier is mounted, and to substitute for this ring, a relatively short strip, the strip being so constructed and so assembled with the carrier that the carrier will not rotate on the strip, novel means being provided for holding the strip firmly in place in the hat.

Another object of the invention is to provide improvements in the carrier, whereby the carrier may be stitched securely to both. the lining and the crown of the hat, thereby preventing a movement of the carrier and the strip.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of Construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 151,033.

In the accompanying` drawings j Figure 1 shows in section, a hat wherewith the device forming the subject-matter ofthis application has been assembled;

F ig. 2 is a perspective view showing the device detached from the hat;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspectivek showing 'the lower end of the carrier and adjacent parts; and y Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the structure connected with the lining and the crown of a hat. Y

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a carrier 1 which is curved upon the arc of a true circle, of comparatively small radius, the carrier 1 including a back 2 and overhanging flanges 3. For the sake of lightness, the back 2 of the carrier 1 is provided with a longitudinal slot 4. In the back 2 of the carrier nearto the rear Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

or lower end of the carrier, spaced holes 5A y the carrier 1 is cut away as shown at .9,

near to the ears 6 and 7, to form an aperture.v

The invention comprises a curved spring comb 10 mounted to slide endwise between the back 2 of the carrier and the flanges 3 thereof. The comb 10 has a central longitudinal slot 11 defining tines 12, and the tines 12 are each provided with a longitudinal slot 14 in which. one inner ear 7 is received. On its lower or outer end, the comb 10 is supplied with a finger piece 15 whereby the comb may be slid endwise.

Extended through the rectangular openings 8 in the ears 6 and 7, and constituting a means for maintaining the comb 10 assembled with the carrier 1, is a relatively short, free-ended strip 16. The strip 16 is of rec tangular cross section, and engages with the openings 8 against rotation. The strip 16 is offset as shown at 17, so that the outer surfaces of its ends 50 are flush with the outer surface of the carrier 1. The ends of tho strip 16 are supplied with inwardly projecting fingers 18.

In the drawings, the numeral 19 denotes the crown of a hat, the lining being shown at 20. In practical operation, the carrier 1 lies between the lining 20 and the crown 19, the strip 16 seating in the line of juncture between the lining and the crown. The ends of the strip 16 are united by a stitching 21 with the parts 19-20, the fingers 18 engaging the lining. @wing to the fact that the strip 16 is of rectangular cross section, since the strip is provided with the fingers 1S, and because the strip is stitched to the lining 2O as aforesaid, the strip cannot rotate, and since the strip, being rectangular, is engaged in the rectangular openings 8 of the ears G and 7, the carrier 1 cannot tilt downwardly. A downward tilting of the carrier, further, is prevented because7 as shown at a stitch* ing extends through the holes 5 in the back 2 and engages with both the crown of the hat and the vlining thereof. The strip 16 is offset as shown at 17, so that the onter surfaces of the ends 50 of the stri are flush with the outer surface of the car er 1, the strip cooperating properly with the crown 19 of the hat.

The operation of the device herein disclosed does not differ nniteriall;7 from tlie operation of the structure shown in in v Patent No. 799,097 but it maf,Y be stated that when the comb 10 is not in use, the saine lies between the flanges 3 and the baci' of the carrier 1. It is possible, however, to retract the comb and by means of the finger piece 15, tilt the comb and advance the saine through the aperture 9 in the back 2 of the carrier, and through a suitableV opening 23 in the lining 20.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a device of the class described, a curved carrier comprising a back and oiferhanging longitudinal flanges, the carrier being provided at its rear end with pairs of inner and outer ears having rectangular openings; a comb slidable between the fianges and the `ack, the comb having a central slot defining tines, and the tines being )rovided with longitudinal slots receiving the inner ears, there being an aperture in the back, adjacent the ears, through which the comb may be advanced when the comb is withdrawn from beneath the flanges, and tilted; and a short, free-ended strip extended through the openings in the ears and constituting means for maintaining the comb assembled with the carrier, the strip being of rectangular cross section to prevent the saine from rotating, the strip being offset to dispose the outer surfaces of its ends flush with the outer surface of the carrier7 the ends of the strip being provided with irm'ardlli7 projecting fingers adapted to engage the lining of a hat; the back being provided, adjacent the aperture, with spaced perforations, alined with the slot which defines the tines, and adapted to receive stitching whereby the carrier may be sewed to both the lining and the crown of a hat.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J. SVHTH. W'itnesses:

FRANK Berro, E. H. Anas.

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